AP Survey: Few Flu Vaccine Shortages in Europe

[steve2470]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBWWWX7L0E.html

GENEVA (AP) - Ireland - like the United States - is struggling to find enough flu vaccine following the shutdown of a British factory, but other European countries mostly have no shortages, an Associated Press survey found Thursday.

Northern Ireland - which usually orders 80 percent of its doses from British drug maker Chiron Corp.'s factory in Liverpool - and the Republic of Ireland acknowledged difficulties obtaining enough doses of the vaccine as the flu season starts in the Northern Hemisphere.\

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[SnowGoose]

1. Except that Chiron is a US company (UK factory)

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[CAcyclist]

2. Its technical

Chiron Vaccine company, a subsidiary of Chiron , is a British company, as stated on the Chiron website. Only Chiron itself is considered an American company